former u.s. attorney for the eastern district of michigan. barb, thanks, as always, for being here, and thanks, in advance, for your wisdom. you bet, alex, thanks for having me. what does it mean, practically, in terms of the justice department sphere, or investigators fear of it? some of these documents may have been flown, effectively, courtesy of air trump, to new york and new jersey. does that mean they re trying to cultivate witnesses? does that mean this entire thing may expand to new states, with new judges. what can you tell me from a legal perspective, how this affects things? two thoughts come to mind. one, they know some of the documents are still missing, because they keep records of what they have. they know some things on their list have still not been returned. they know that they also had empty file folders, that tended to appear to previously contained documents that are no longer there. they clearly believe some of these documents have not been returned. the que
there are reportedly not one, but two trump aides who are witnesses, and the dust from its criminal investigation of trump s handling of classified documents. the washington post reported earlier but one of those witnesses who reportedly moved government documents of mar-a-lago from the storage room to trump s residence at the request of trump himself. trump himself apparently went through the boxes personally and removed some of them. we are now talking about the potential of multiple properties involved in this scandal, and now multiple witnesses. how do we decipher it all? joining us now, barbara quaid, former u.s. attorney for the eastern district of michigan. barb, thanks, as always, for being here, and thanks, in advance, for your wisdom. you bet, alex, thanks for having me. what does it mean, practically, in terms of the justice department sphere, or investigators fear of it? some of these documents may have been flown, effectively, courtesy of air trump, to new york and new
investigators fear of it? some of these documents may have been flown, effectively, courtesy of air trump, to new york and new jersey. does that mean they re trying to cultivate witnesses? does that mean this entire thing may expand to new states, with new judges. what can you tell me from a legal perspective, how this affects things? two thoughts come to mind. one, they know some of the documents are still missing, because they keep records of what they have. they know some things on their list have still not been returned. they know that they also had empty file folders, that tended to appear to previously contained documents that are no longer there. they clearly believe some of these documents have not been returned.
bloody murder on him. separately, there was lawsuits from the nation. so, they then went and they decided that they would make a charitable contribution in order to get a charitable contribution which is great for your taxes. and here, it says he points out that air trump was very involved. he knew that the projections that they had in that they were giving two appraisals were not feasible. secondly, it says here that they failed to inform the appraisers on the restrictions. they pushed the appraisers to do other things. they falsely informed the appraisers about other things, like, this is like, i m just reading this list. they being, implying the trump organization, including eric trump. right. and then it says the cushman appraisal, was assaulted because of what the attorney
separately, there was lawsuits from the nation. so, they then went and they decided that they would make a charitable contribution in order to get a charitable contribution which is great for your taxes. and here, it says he points out that air trump was very involved. he knew that the projections that they had in that they were giving two appraisals were not feasible. secondly, it says here that they failed to inform the appraisers on the restrictions. they pushed the appraisers to do other things. they falsely informed the appraisers about other things, like, this is like, i m just reading this list. they being, implying the trump organization, including eric trump. right. and then it says the cushman appraisal, was assaulted because of what the attorney general was saying, false misrepresentations. that the appraisal that came out of material overstated the value of the seven springs property by tens of millions of dollars. and even a page, and guess